Götz
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| Götz | |
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| Pronunciation | [ɡœts] |
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | German |
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| Region of origin | Germany |
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| Derived | Gottfried |
Götz or Goetz (German pronunciation: [ɡœts]) is a German name, in origin a hypocorism of Gottfried.[1] It remains in use as a short form of Gottfried, but it has also become a surname.
Surnames
- Goetz
- Alphonse Goetz, French chess master
- Bernhard Goetz, New York City's "subway vigilante"
- Curt Goetz, Swiss-German writer and actor
- Eric Goetz, world renowned yacht builder
- Henri Goetz, the French-American Surrealist painter and etcher
- Hermann Goetz, German composer
- John Goetz, baseball player
- Leo Goetz, the 20th-century German painter
- Marie Josephine Goetz, French nun
- Meg Goetz, the first woman reading clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Peter Michael Goetz, Actor
- William Goetz, the American film producer
- Götz
- Franz Götz (politician) (born 1945), German politician
- Franz Götz (pilot) (1913–1980), German Luftwaffe fighter ace
- Hermann Götz, German politician
- Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German religious figure, writer and translator
- Paul Götz, German astronomer
- Rainald Götz, German writer
- Ralph Götz, President of the German Rugby Federation
First name
- Götz Alsmann, German musician and entertainer
- Götz Aly, German journalist and historian
- Götz von Berlichingen, Franconian mercenary
- Götz Briefs, German Catholic social ethicist, social philosopher, and political economist
- Götz Friedrich, German film and theater director
- Götz George, German actor
- Götz Otto, German actor
- Götz Spielmann, Austrian film director
References
See also
- Goetz Collection
- Goetz, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, a small town
- Goethe (surname)
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